Modeling the Influence of Antifreeze Proteins on Three-Dimensional Ice Crystal Melt Shapes using a Geometric Approach

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2011.0720arXiv1207.2942WikidataQ58880172 ScholiaQ58880172MaRDI QIDQ6234328FDOQ6234328

Authors: Junjie Liu, Yangzong Qin, Maya Bar Dolev, Yeliz Celik, J. S. Wettlaufer, Ido Braslavsky 

Publication date: 12 July 2012

Abstract: The melting of pure axisymmetric ice crystals has been described previously by us within the framework of so-called geometric crystal growth. Nonequilibrium ice crystal shapes evolving in the presence of hyperactive antifreeze proteins (hypAFPs) are experimentally observed to assume ellipsoidal geometries ("lemon" or "rice" shapes). To analyze such shapes we harness the underlying symmetry of hexagonal ice Ih and extend two-dimensional geometric models to three-dimensions to reproduce the experimental dissolution process. The geometrical model developed will be useful as a quantitative test of the mechanisms of interaction between hypAFPs and ice.

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